Category: News
-
Simon Kinberg replaces original Star Wars spin-off writer
Last week, Gary Whitta left the first Star Wars spin-off film. Due to be directed by Gareth Edwards, who helmed both indie hit Monsters and last year’s blockbuster Godzilla, the standalone film will be released on December 16, 2016, and was being drafted by Whitta of The Book of Eli and After Earth. With production supposedly not far from… Read More >
Written by
-
Michael Keaton in talks for Kong: Skull Island
Michael Keaton has been somewhat out of the limelight for the past decade, only appearing in hilarious character parts in The Other Guys and RoboCop. But as you’ll already know, the actor has been getting a lot of buzz for his lead performance in Birdman, which sees him as Riggan Thompson, a fading movie star trying to… Read More >
Written by
-
The Raid actors to appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Martial arts stars from The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2 are set to appear in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Twitch Film has learned. The Raid lead Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman will all appear in The Force Awakens, however it is currently unknown in what capacity. They’ll likely… Read More >
Written by
-
Star Trek 3 release date announced
Star Trek 3 will be released in theatres on July 8, 2016, Paramount Pictures has just announced. This date marks the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek TV show. In earlier news, Justin Lin was announced as the director for Star Trek 3, after Roberto Orci confirmed he was no longer helming the project. Read More >
Written by
-
Orlando Bloom claims Pirates 5 may be a reboot
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. The Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most successful film franchises of all time – as well as being some of the most expensive movies ever made – but the last two instalments, At World’s End and On Stranger Tides, were both critically panned, each… Read More >
Written by
-
Viola Davis will be the leader of Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad cast just got even bigger. Viola Davis has just been cast as the supervillain group’s chief, Amanda Waller, an American government agent who leads the team in their notorious exploits. Davis has beat off stiff competition in the form of Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer, who were both up for the role. DC’s… Read More >
Written by
-
Morgan Freeman, Bill Nighy and Ken Watanabe competing for role in Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange has its Sorcerer Supreme – now it needs its mentor figure. Following the news that British thesp Benedict Cumberbatch would don the robes of Dr. Strange, we’ve now learned that three actors are vying for the role of The Ancient One, the Doc’s all-round mentor, the original Sorcerer Supreme. Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe,… Read More >
Written by
-
Skull Island gets new title and release date
Skull Island is an interesting-sounding project. Firstly, it’s a prequel to movie monster royalty, King Kong. Secondly, it’s directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who has only one movie under his belt – last year’s indie Kings of Summer. And now, two more developments on the film have surfaced: it will now be titled Kong: Skull Island, while its… Read More >
Written by
-
Star Wars: The Force Awakens character names revealed
Entertainment Weekly have revealed the names of the new characters in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. The baby droid is BB-8. Poe Dameron is the X-Wing pilot. Kylo Ren is the ominous figure igniting his Lightsaber. Rey is the lady on the speeder bike who looks a little bit like Natalie Portman… And… Read More >
Written by
-
Roberto Orci confirms he’s no longer directing Star Trek 3
Roberto Orci has confirmed that he is no longer acting as the director of Star Trek 3. He is still working on the film in the capacity of a writer and producer, however. Posting in the comments section of this article http://trekmovie.com/2014/12/05/report-orci-out-as-trek-3-director/ he said he is “still excited to make Trek 3! And on time.… Read More >
Written by
